NumbersUSA's Position:

The bill would express the sense of the House that: (1) state and local governments should be supported for acting to discourage illegal immigration; and (2) Congress should promptly pass comprehensive border security and enforcement legislation as to ease the burden on those state and local governments.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.

H.R. 6294:

NumbersUSA's Position:

The bill would give children born in the United States the same citizenship and immigration status as their mothers, effectively ending birthright citizenship and significantly curbing chain migration.

To provide children born in the United States with the same citizenship and immigration status as their mothers.

H.R. 6238:

NumbersUSA's Position:

The bill would allow information submitted by an employer to the Department of Labor (DOL) or DHS for purposes of securing the employment of an H-1B “skilled worker” nonimmigrant to be used as the basis for an investigation of an employer’s unlawful practices, noncompliance with labor condition requirements, etc., and would allow (but not require) DHS to turn over related information to DOL in order to begin an investigation of an employer; and would require petitioning employers to include the labor condition application number on their petitions submitted to DOL.

NumbersUSA's Position:

The bill would express the sense of Congress that: (1) the United Staets should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA Superhighway System; (2) the United States should not enter into a North American Union with Canada and Mexico; and (3) the President should strongly oppose these or any other proposals that threaten U.S. sovereignty.

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.

NumbersUSA's Position:

This bill would render inadmissible and deportable any alien who DHS, the Attorney General, or a consular officer knows or has reason to suspect that the alien is either a member of a criminal street gang or who has participated in or supported illegal gang activity; and would require DHS, after making a determination that the government of a foreign country has denied or unreasonably delayed accepting an alien who is a national of that country after the alien has been ordered removed – and after consultation with the State Department – to instruct the State Department to deny a visa to any

S. 3947:

NumbersUSA's Position:

The bill would grant U.S. citizenship to a noncitizen who is an active-duty member of the U.S. Armed Forces after performing at least two years of honorable and satisfactory service on active duty; would require such individuals also to meet the following criteria before being granted U.S. citizenship: (1) file an application for naturalization in accordance with DHS and DOD procedures; (2) demonstrate to his/her military chain of command proficiency in the English language, good moral character, and knowledge of U.S.

S. 3948:

NumbersUSA's Position:

The bill would penalize any person convicted of constructing or financing a border tunnel with up to 25 years’ imprisonment and anybody who recklessly permits others to construct or use such a tunnel on their land with up to 15 years’ imprisonment; and would penalize any person convicted of using a border tunnel to smuggle aliens (including terrorists and criminals), weapons, drugs, and other illicit goods by a doubling of the sentence for the underlying offense (i.e., up to 50 years’ imprisonment).

S. 3949:

NumbersUSA's Position:

The bill would require the Departments of State and Homeland Security to issue regular studies (i.e., within one year of enactment and every five years thereafter): (1) identifying the geographic areas in Mexico from which large percentages of people are leaving to enter the United States illegally; (2) analyzing the social, political, and economic conditions in those geographic areas that contribute to illegal immigration into the United States; would require the Department of State, within 16 months of enactment and every five years thereafter, to submit to Congress a report: (1) describi

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